Mare Street Altercation

   In the street two special needs men in their mid-thirties were having a face-off. The fat, red faced one, with a crewcut and a runny nose was standing in the doorway of a shop with his hands firmly jammed in the front pockets of his hoody. His adversary - a toothless Turkish man with wild eyes who resembled a demented Larry Rivers - was sprawled up against a parked car, his arms flailing manically. They took it in turns to shout at each other through the falling drizzle. The fat one was the more articulate of the two.
   "Fuck off!" he yelled, at the top of his voice.
   "Arrrgh!" came the earnest response.
   "Fuck off!"
   "Aaarragh!"
   "Fuck off!"
   "Rerrrgh! Arghagh!"
   "Fuck off!"
   "Aggah Durgh! Arraghaa!" (and now the arms were helicoptering wildly)
   "Fuck off!"
   "Arg! Argh! Aaaaarrrgh! Gurrah!"
   "Fuck off!" It continued behind me as I made my way up towards the Hackney Empire, eventually becoming lost in the traffic noise of Mare Street, and it occurred to me that they may have been standing there, at it, for days. 

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